A Characterization Of Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting From Electric Kettle

Ng, Yeong Siang (2019) A Characterization Of Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting From Electric Kettle. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Thermoelectric energy harvesting defined as the energy conversion of waste heat energy to electrical energy without grid connection. This project conducted by using the electric kettle as a heat source to produce heat from a surface electric kettle. In this project, a module named as a thermoelectric generator (TEG) utilized heat energy from a surface electric kettle to produce electrical energy in 0.4V. The voltage gradient produced by TEG is insufficient to power up the application and it required a boosting circuit to boost the input voltage to 5V. Since the output power is an unstable condition, a supercapacitor and battery are used to store energy in order to power a small application such as USB fan and smartwatch. Finally, the Arduino hardware is used to capture the voltage data from the circuits and analysed their results in LABVIEW software. Overall, TEG can be used to improve charging in thermoelectric technology by recycling the heat from electric kettle.

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